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Whether you've taken photos for an upcoming advertising campaign or snapped some pictures at a recent company event, now it is time to move those pictures from your camera to your computer to save and edit them. If your company has a Mac computer, you can transfer pictures from your camera, smartphone or other photo-taking device using the iPhoto or Image Capture tools; both are native Mac applications.

Image Capture

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Connect your camera or smartphone to your Mac using the cable supplied with the device. Alternatively, if your device has a removable SD card, extract it and insert it into your Mac’s SD card slot, if one is available. Not all Macs have an SD card slot.

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Turn on your camera or smartphone and set it to the mode that allows it to transfer photos. Consult the documentation included with your device for details on how to set it up to transfer photos.

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Open the “Applications” folder on your Mac and click “Image Capture.”

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Click the name of your camera or smartphone under the Devices heading in Image Capture.

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Select the location on your computer to which you want to upload your pictures.

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Click the check box for “Delete items from camera after downloading” if you want to delete the pictures from your camera after you've copied them to your Mac.

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Click the “Download All” button to transfer your pictures. After all of the pictures have been copied, click the “Eject” icon, next to your camera or smartphone under the Devices heading. Disconnect your device or remove the SD card from the Mac’s SD card slot.

iPhoto

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Connect your camera or smartphone to your Mac or insert your SD card into the Mac’s SD card slot, if one is available.

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Turn on your camera or smartphone and set it to the mode that allows it to transfer photos. Consult the documentation included with your device for more information.

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Launch iPhoto from your Applications folder or Dock.

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Click the name of your camera or smartphone under the Devices heading in iPhoto.

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Enter an event name and description for your photos in the corresponding fields.

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Click the “Import All” button to transfer all of your pictures onto your Mac. If you only want to copy some of your pictures to the Mac, click those pictures and then click the “Import Selected” button.

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Click “Delete Photos” when prompted if you want to remove the pictures from your device after copying them onto your Mac. Click “Keep Photos” if you want to leave a copy of the pictures on your device.

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Click the “Eject” icon next to your camera or smartphone under the Devices heading. Disconnect your device or remove the SD card from the Mac’s SD card slot.

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